I appreciate your sincerity, but, having read your draft letter,
I believeyou are profoundly wrong and are misusing this facility.

Were you instead to initiate an open discussion or debate among
academiccolleagues or to take a poll of all on these and related mail bases,
suchan initiative would be legitimate, no matter who polemically you
statedyour fixed opinion. As it stands, your approach is biased,
tendentious andan inappropriate use of a valuable academic facility.

My vote is against your letter and, instead of using our communal
academicfacility to solicit partisan political support, I trust you will
encourageothers who disagree with you to register their votes as well.

Douglas EdenPrincipal Lecturer in International History and PoliticsHead of the Centre for Study of International Affairs (Europe and
America)Middlesex University (White Hart Lane, London N17 8HR, England)Postal address:Flat 5, 20 Shepherds Hill, Highgate, London N6 5AH, EnglandEmail address: D.Eden@mdx.ac.ukPhone/Fax: +44 (0)181-340 1802